Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Fischer, 1814)
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https://doi.org/ 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098 |
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Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Fischer, 1814) |
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308. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Fischer, 1814) View in CoL
Common name: Sumatran Rhinoceros
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Distribution: This species once distributed in Bhutan and Northeast India, through Southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and the Malay Peninsula, and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia, however, it is facing extinction in most of the historical distribution range. In Myanmar, formerly distributed in Northern Myanmar particularly in Shweudaung, Htamanthi and Hukaung Valley WS ( Rabinowitz et al. 1995), however, it has been regionally extinct since there is no recent record.
Remarks: This species is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN and completely protected species of Myanmar.
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